Product Essentials

Designed and deployed by major server and storage OEMs, the QLogic SANblade QLA2340 and QLA2340L host bus adapters (HBAs) offer the ultimate in performance: 2-Gbps Fibre Channel combined with 64-bit, 133-MHz PCI-X. Eliminating traditional host bottlenecks that impede the high performance of 2-Gbps Fibre Channel, this union of the fastest I/O and host technologies creates the perfect balanced solution. These HBAs are based on unique single chip fibre channel controller architecture from QLogic. These multimode optic HBAs are specifically designed for servers in direct attach storage (DAS) as well as storage area network (SAN) environments.

Speed 64-bit, 133-MHz PCI-X
Signal voltage 3.3 V and 5.0 V buses supported
Compliance PCI Local Bus Specification rev. 2.2, PCI-X Addendum rev. 1.0a, PCI Hot Plug Specification rev. 1.0, PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification rev 1.1
 
Fibre Channel Specifications

Speed 200 MBps maximum at half-duplex, 400 MBps maximum at full-duplex
Topology FC-AL, FC-AL-2, point to point, switched fabric (FL_Port and F_Port)
Buffer credits For 512-byte frame size, 9 credits issued. For 2K-byte frame size, 3 credits issued.
Class of service Class 3 Fibre Channel service
Protocols SCSI-FCP, IP, FC-TAPE
Compliance Second Generation FC Generic Services Definition (FC-GS-2), Third Generation FC Generic Services Definition (FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel-Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH), SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP), Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop-2 (FC-AL-2), Fibre Channel-Private Loop Direct Attach Technical Report (FC-PLDA), RFC 2625 IP and APR Over Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling (FC-FS)

Physical Specifications

Ports One
Media Multimode optic
Optics Short wave laser
Connectors LC-style connector that supports non-OFC, multimode fibre optic cabling using a small form factor optical transceiver module
Form factor Low-profile MD2: 16.93 cm×5.15 cm (6.7"×2.5")
Bracket size QLA2340: standard size

Environment and Equipment Specifications

Temperature Operating 0°C/32°F to 55°C/131°F. Storage: –20°C/–4°F to 70°C/158°F
Airflow 0 lf/m
Humidity Relative (noncondensing) 10% to 90%, Storage: 5% to 95%
Power dissipation ~ 7.0 watts
Cable 50/125μm multimode fiber, 62.5/125 μm multimode fiber
Cable distances 1 Gbps 500 meters 50/125 μm fiber, 300 meters 62.5/125 μm fiber 2 Gbps: 300 meters 50/125 μm fiber, 150 meters 62.5/125 μm fiber